Indicating device for positioning stocking-blanks.



L. KLEIN.

1,176,298. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

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INDICATING DEVICE FOR POSITIONING STOCKING BLANKS.

APPLICATION FILED 1ULY22,I9I5.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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s The r are i LEON KLEIN, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOLEI-IIGH SILK V HOSIERY MILLS, INCL, OF IHILADELPI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed uly 22, 1915. Serial No. 41,359.

b all wiwmet may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON KLEIN, a c1t1- i Zen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in In'dicating Devices for Positioning Stocking Blanks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

in embroidermg stocking blanks on pantograph embroidery machines, theblanks are stretched upon suitable frames which are then placed in theembroidery machine to hold the different parts of the plurality ofblanks in proper relation to the plurality of embroidery mechanismswhich are all I controlled by a single, hand-operated pantograph device,in accordance with a prescribed embroidery design.

When designs which bear a particular relation to the lateral heel seamsand the adjacent reinforced'parts of the stocking blanks are to beembroidered on the blanks,

' it has been found quite difficult to stretch the several blanks on theseveral frames so that the lateral heel seams and the adjacentreinforced parts of the blanks shall bear a uniform relation to theframes on which they are stretched,such uniform relation being necessaryto cause the embroidery mechanisms to embroider the design on theseveral blanks in the sanie relation to their lateral heel seams andtheir adjacent reinforced parts. This is especially true when clockdesigns are embroidered on the sides of stocking blanks.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difiiculty, and Iaccomplish my object by the provision of a novel, simple and eflicient.indicating device for stretching clocks on embroidery frames by the aidof which the several stocking blanks may be readily and uniformlystretched upon their frames by'hand so that their lateral heel seams andadjacent reinforced parts shall all bear the same relation to theirframes.

With this object in view my invention consists in the novel constructionand combinations of parts herelnafter fully descrlbed and particularlyclaimed.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my. improved the indicating device and theembroidery frame applied thereto; Fig. 4 is a sideview of the partsshown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section, on line 5-5 of Fig. 3. aReferring to the; drawings, 2 designates a base board havingupwardly-extending supporting blocks 3 secured thereto. The upper facesof the blocks 3 are in the same horizontal plane and they are adapted toreceive and support a frame 4 which in turn is adapted to receive thearticle to be embroidered, the frame 4 shown herein and referred tohereinafter being adapted to receive a stocking blank and beinghereinafter referred to as the embroidery frame.

Extending above the upper'faces of the supporting blocks 3 outwardlythereof are side stops 6 which are formed of angle irons suitablysecured to the base board 2 and which serve to prevent lateraldisplacement ofthe embroidery frame 4 when it is placed upon the blocks3. Endwise displacement of the frame 4 in one direction is prevented byan end stop 7 formed'by an angle iron whichis secured to the base board2; and endwise displacement of the frame 4 in the other direction isprevented byflat springs 8 which are secured to an angle iron 9 which inturn is secured to the base board 2.

Upward displacement of the frame 4 adjacent 'to the springs 8 isprevented by a finger 10 secured to the angle iron 9 and adapted toextend over the frame 4. The embroidery frame 4 is further held firmlyin position upon the blocks 3 by a flat spring arm 11, one end of whichis pivoted,

at 12, to one of the angle pieces 6, and the other or free end of whichis adapted to engage one side of the embroideryframe 4 and press theopposite side of the frame 4 firmly against the adjacent stops 6. Bydrawing the free end of the spring arm 11 away from the frame 4 by handit may be moved on its pivot 12 downwardly below the frame 4 to aninoperative position, and upwardly from its inoperative position to anoperative position adjacent tothe side of the frame 4. Upward movementof the arm 11 is limited by a stop pin 13 on the angle iron 6, anddownward movement of thearm 11 is limited by the base board 2.

Extending between and secured to the stops or angle irons 6 on therespective sides of the base board 2 are two screw horizontal edges ofthe plates 15 are in the same horizontal plane with the upper faces ofthe supporting blocks 3, or substantially so, and they form a means forindicating the positions of parts of a stocking blank when held in apredetermined .posi- 'tion relatively to the embrpidery frame 4:, aswill be hereinafter described. The plates 15 are provided with upwardlyextending pointed pins 17 adapted to penetrate a stocking blank and toindicate the positions of parts thereof relatively to the embroideryframe 1, as will be hereinafter described.

Hinged, at 18, on the stop or angle iron 7 is a plate 9 which is adaptedto lie flat upon the embroidery frame 1 when it is supported on theblocks 3, as shown in Figs. 3 and 1, and which is adapted to be movedupwardly and outwardly on its hinge 18 to permit a frame 4 to be placedupon or removed from the supporting blocks 3. This plate 19 is providedwith two edges 20 which diverge outwardly from the pins 17, when theplate 19 is in the position shown and which are adaptedto indicate thepositions of 'certainlines on the stocking blank relatively to theembroidery frame 4:, as will be hereinafter described.

,The embroidery frame 4 is formed of I sheet metal and comprisesparallel side members 21 and parallel end members 22, forming arectangular frame, as shown, the side members 21 having narrow portions23 which provide spaces 10 over which .certain parts of the stockingblanks are stretched to be embroidered. The inner edges of the sidemembers 21, includingthe narrow portions 23 thereof, are bent upwardlyand are provided with outwardly-extending pointed pins 24, as shown,adapted to receive and retain a stocking blank when stretched upon theframe 1. Each end member 22 has a groove 25 formed therein adapted toreceive a clamping bar 26, one end of which is pivoted, at 27 to the endmember 22. Each bar 26 is surrounded by a rubber tube or cushion 28which is adapted to engage a stocking blank and force it into the groove25 and clamp the blank therein when the blank is placed between the endmember 22 and the bar -26,'and the bar 26 is moved on its hinge 27 downinto the groove 25. The free end of each bar 26 is held in the clampingposition within thegroove 25 by a spring arm 29 pivoted on the endmember 22 and adapted to be moved over the free end of the bar 26 andunder a bracket or arm 30 secured on the end member 22. By moving thearm 26 on its pivot from the position over thebar 26, thebar 26 may beraised onits pivot 27 to release the stocking blank.

The operation is as follows The spring arm 11 is moved down on its pivot12 against the base board 2 and the plate 19 is moved on its hinge 18upwardly and outwardly from the position shown. An embroidery frame 4 isthen placed byrhand upon the supporting blocks 3 between the side stops6,

and with one end of the frame 4 inserted beneath thefinger 10. This endof the frame 1 is then pressed against the springs 8 until the'other endof the frame may be and is lowered adjacent to the end stop 7, The handpressure is then removed from the frame #1 and the springs 8 hold theframe firmly against the end stop 7. The spring arm 1]. is then raisedby hand into engage ment with one side member 21 of the frame 41 andthus assists in firmly holding the frame in the desired position uponthe blocks 3. The next step is to apply a stocking 7 blank to theembroidery frame, and I shall first describe the blank which isillustrated,

at 31, in Fig. 2. This blank 31 comprises a leg portion 32 a footportion'33, a toe portion 34 and lateral heel portions 35 and'is ofusual and well known construction. The toe portion 34. the sides 36 ofthe foot por tion 33 the heel portions 35 and the sides 37 of the legportion 32 directly above the heel portions 35 are reinforced or madeheavier than the remaining portions of the blank31,

so that when the sides of the blank are sewed together to form astocking, thetoe, the bot tom of the foot, the heel and the back of theleg, directly above the heel, will be. reinforced, as is well known.These reinforced parts of the blank provide the parallel lines 38 at thesides of the stocking at the 'junc- 7 tion of the reinforced. parts withthe nonreinforced parts; and when the heel portions 35 of the stockingblank are formed, parts thereof are sewed together, forming side seamswhich provide visible .lines 39 which diverge from the lines 38, asshown. When stocking blanks, they are embroidered thereon in aparticular relationto the lines 38 and 39; and, therefore, it isnecessary that the blanks .31 be. stretched upon the frames 1 with theirlines 38 and 39 in a predetermined relation to each other and to'theembroidery frame 4;, so that the stocking-blank maybe held in theembroidery machine by the frame 41 with the parts of the stocking blankin the proper relationtothe embroid' ery mechanism. l/Vhen" theembroidery frame 4 is placed upon the supporting blocks 3, the upperedges of the plates 15 indicate the positions of the lines38 of the loo-designs, such as clocks are embroidered on V y stocking blank 31, thepins 17 indicate the junction points of the lines 38 and lines 39, andthe diverging edges 20 of the plate 19, after it is moved back to theposition shown, indicate the positions of the diverging lines 39 of theblank 31, when properly stretched upon the frame 4. After the embroideryframe d has been placed uponthe blocks 3, as previously described, andbefore the hinged plate 19 is returned to'the position shown, astockinglblank 31 is placed over the frame 4 and the pins 17 are causedto penetrate the junction points between the lines 38 and the lines 39.The operation of placing the stocking blank 31 upon the embroidery frame4 is all done by hand, and the next step is to stretch the blank 31longitudinally and clamp the leg portion 32 and the foot portion '34beneath the clamp bars 26 at the ends of the frame d, as shown inFig. 1. The stocking blank 31 is then stretched laterally and the sideportions thereof are impaled upon the outwardlyn'ojecting pins 24, whichretain the blank in its stretched condition. The front of the legportion 32 and the top of the foot portion 33 of the blank, not beingreinforced are sufficiently transparent to permit the operator to seethe plates 15 through them, and, therefore, the operator, in stretchingthe blank 31 laterally and impaling the edges thereof on the pins 24-,does so in a manner to cause the lines 38 to lie directly above andparallel to the upper edges of the indicating plates 15. Havingstretched the blank 31 upon the frame a with the lines 38 in properregistry with the indicating plates 15, the indicating plate 19' ismoved on its hinge 18 back to its operative position shown in thedrawings, over the toe and foot portions 34 and 33 of the blank 31. Theblank is then readjusted on the impaling pins 24 until the lines 39 ofthe blank are directly beneath and parallel to the diverging edges 20 ofthe plate 19. It is necessary to have the indicating means for thepositions of the lines 39 above the stocking blank, because thereinforced heel portions 35 of the blank are not sufiicientlytransparent to permit the operator readily to see through them. After astocking blank 31 has been thus stretched upon a frame 4, the plate 19is raised on its hinge and moved outwardly to its inoperative position,the spring arm 11 is lowered from the frame 4, the frame 1 is removedfrom the blocks 3, another embroidery frame is placed upon the blocks 3and the operation just described is repeated in stretching anotherstocking blank on the substituted embroidery frame.

I claim:

1. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base portion, meanson the base portion for indicating the positions of parts of a stockingblank when held in a predetermined position on an embroidery frame,means on the base portion to support an embroidery frame in apredetermined position relatively to and extending around saidindicating means and means to prevent displacementof said framerelatively to said supporting means.

2. A device for the purpose set forth, comprisin a'base portion, meanson the base portion for indicating the positions of parts of a stockingblank when held in a predeter mined position on an embroidery frame,-means on the base portion to hold an embroidery frame in a predeterminedposition relatively to and extending around said in dioating means, andpointed pins extending;

upwardly from said indicating means and adapted to penetrate a stockingblank placed over the same.

portion for indicatin the )ositions of oarts 1 a l of a stocking blankwhen held in predetermined position on an embroidery frame, blocksextending upwardly from the base portion and adapted. to support anembroidery frame in a predetermined position relatively to and extendingaround said indicating means, side stops adapted to prevent lateraldisplacement of an embroidery frame when supported on said blocks, andend stops adapted to prevent longitudinal displacement of an embroideryframe when supported on said blocks.

is. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base por ion, meanson the base portion for indicating the positions of parts of a stockingblank when held in a predetermined position 011 an embroidery frame,blocks extending upwardly from the base portion and adapted to supportan embroidery frame in a predetermined position relatively to andextending around said indicating means, stops adapted to preventdisplacement of an embroidery frame when supported on said blocks, and aspring adapted to press an embroidery frame against one of said stopswhen said frame is supported on said blocks.

A. device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base portion, means onthe base portion for indicating the positions of parts of a stockingblank when held in a predetermined position on an embroidery frame,blocks extending upwardly from the base portion and adapted to supportan embroidery frame in a predetermined position relatively to andextending around said indicat ing means, stops adapted to preventdisplacement of an embroidery frame when supported on said blocks, and apivoted spring movable into and from an operative position adapted topress an embroidery frame against one of said stops when said frame issupported on said blocks.

6. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base portion, meanson the base portion to hold an embroidery frame in a predeterminedposition, and a member mounted on the base portion and movable into andfrom an operative position above the space Within an embroidery framesupported by said means, said member having indicating portions whichWhen said member is in the operative position indicate the positions ofparts of a stocking blank When said blank is held in a predeterminedposition on an embroidery frame supported by said means.

7. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base portion, meanson the base portion to hold an embroidery frame in a predeterminedposition. a member mounted on the base portion and movable into and froman operative position above the space Within an embroidery framesupported by said means, said member having indicating portions Whichwhen said member is in the operative position indicate the positions ofparts of a stocking blank when said blank is held in a predeterminedposition on an embroidery frame supportedby said means,

and means on the base portion beneath the plane of said member When inthe operative position for indicating the positions of other parts ofsaid stocking blank When held in its said position. V

8. A device for the purpose set forth, comprising a base portion, meanson the base" portion to hold an embroidery frame ina predeterminedposition, a member mounted on the base. POItlOIland movable into andfrom an operative position above'the space Copies of this patent may beobtained f or five cents each, by addressing-the"Gommissioner ofPatents,

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